Oh, well at the Pottery Barn type places that you or I would hang out at, the rule is "You break it/You bought it."
Apparently the signs are different in the Hamptons.
Kerry made a couple of little errors like that tonight. At least Pres. Bush did not put a nazi camp in Moscow.
The Pottery Barn Rule reminds me of Daschle misquoting the Golden Rule on Meet The Depressed.